("fudge and mudge" the matter/issue/topic)= (對事情/話題/問題/議題"不表態/持迴避態度/搪塞/敷衍了事/不表態/態度曖昧/推諉/推托)

==========================[Binomials and Trinomials]==========================In linguistics, a binomial pair or binomial is a sequence of two or more words or phrases belonging to the same grammatical category, having some semantic relationship and joined by some syntactic device such as AND, OR, NOR, BUT, or some type of implied conjunction. Examples in English include through and through, (without) let or hindrance, and chalk and cheese.

Several legal terms are binomial pairs, often (but not necessarily) consisting of one Germanic word and one Romance word, such as (last) will and testament or cease and desist.

Binomials are often irreversible; that is, they occur only in one order. For example, one says bow and arrow but not arrow and bow; one says here and there and that's neither here nor there, but not there and here or that's neither there nor here.

既曰固定搭配，那就表示這些binomial pairs的順序是不可以改變的，如here and there (到處)不能寫成there and here；chalk and cheese (截然不同的東西)不能寫成cheese and chalk；aches and pains (疼痛)不能寫成pains and aches。但如果有人跟你說，有個binomial的順序是可以對調的，亦即through and through (徹底地；完全地)，那純屬抬槓之說，因為同一個字對調，結果還是一樣。至於有關binomial發音時應注意事項，請參考該附註說明。

hustle and bustle, flotsam or jetsam, through and through, deaf and dumb, law and order, do or die, decline and fall, fish or/nor fowl, goose and gander, down-and-out, rain or shine, surf and turf, leaps and bounds, dead and gone, nip and tuck, now and then, cup and saucer, loud and clear, hit-and-run, half-and-half, hammer and nails, down-and-out, more or less, long and short (of it), rain or shine, ...